music sharing: Ké, Kate Havnevik, Achillea, Enigma, Mythos

22 of my five-star favorite songs on the 22nd of each month (late this time :-p) A five-star song is one that has strong melodic pull as well as significant lyrical meaning to me (if there are lyrics) -- all of these are very important to me. In sharing them I'm sharing some of my soul... I'm trusting you to listen and sense it. ♥

In this post: Ké, Kate Havnevik, Achillea, Enigma, and Mythos. All of these artists are new to me, and I only have one album by each of them so I may end up posting more by them as I collect their work. ;-) Ké's "I Am" I found at the local used book/media store, and asked the owner to play it so I could sample it. I was so intrigued by the androgyny of zir voice and the meaning of the lyrics that after 1.5 songs I knew I had to get it. When I did listen to the whole album I was amazed by the uniqueness of the musical style -- it's really impossible to classify, so imaginative! Kate Havnevik's bizarrely titled Melankton I found in a different used CD store and fell in LOVE! Every single track on that CD is a 4 or 5 star song. The lyrics speak my thoughts on so many different things... and I always love vocalists who use their voice as an instrument when not singing lyrics. The music is full of unusual textures yet quite polished. Achillea was a disappointment. Last.fm put "Vivir" on my station and I LOVED it so I checked Amadas Estrellas out on amazon and bought it. Unfortunately the 30 second samples didn't reveal just how repetitive it is... it just seems so empty and hollow. Well done, I'm sure, but not at all satisfying to me. Still, that one song still amazes me so I'm sharing it. Enigma was also introduced to me by last.fm, via the song "Return To Innocence," which I loved so much I kept an eye out for it at the used CD store and found "A Posteriori." Most of the songs on this album are instrumental and so thrilling. They spin worlds and stories in my mind -- sometimes erotically wild dancing, sometimes flying over the most intricate forest, sometimes an ever-deeper spin into an ocean. That CD is also all 4 and 5 star songs. Mythos (also introduced to me by last.fm, via "Triste") is a mixture of very classical-sounding music and fantasy elements -- for some reason it reminds me of Spain. I really like the spirit of "The Reality Of A Dreamer" -- to quote from the back of the CD case, "We believe that there is a place that lives within us all. It is a place of vision and clarity, where the rhythm of life moves in harmony with a higher consciousness. The purpose of our music is to take you there."

Strange WorldIs this our last chance to say all we have to sayhiding here inside ourselves, we live our lives afraidso close your eyes and just believe in everything you're told'cos in this land of great confusion it's easy to give up control

Strange world; people talk and tell only liesStrange world; people kill, an eye for an eyeStrange world; dream one day we'll see the lightStrange world; believe and everything will be alright

And this is the place where everything begins and ends againno secrets left to find no seven deadly sinsthis world that we have wasted has kept us very wellwhen science now is sacred, who will save us from ourselves?

Strange world; people talk, sometimes I wonder whyStrange world; people kill, still no one hears their criesStrange world; burn these thoughtless tears out of my eyesStrange world

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SomedayI hope and I pray that this wall of illusion will all fall one daySomeday, someday,someday I know I'll make it happen, somedayI try, yes I am tryingbut I'm more afraid of living than I ever was of dyingAm I what I am, I am, I am lonely, I am lostsearching for a reason no matter what it costsI need to believe -- is this all there is to me?

Someday, someday,someday something good is gonna happen, somedayI try, yes I am tryingbut I'm more afraid of giving than I ever was of lying

no more reasons to feel shyno more pain to hold insideno more fear, no more blameno more need to compromise

I try, yes I am tryingI am so so sick of hurting and I've had enough of cryingAm I what I am, I am, I am lonely, I am lost

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Don't Walk Awaygotta live gotta love gotta learnfrom all of these mistakes we've made

These are the days that we have createdis anybody out there, does anybody really careit's never too late, never too lateWe always seem to blame some other onefor all the hurtful things that we ourselves have donewill we ever learn will we ever learn

the time has come for us to change, to break this never-ending chaingotta live gotta love gotta learn, gotta live gotta love gotta learnThese are the days that we have all been hoping forit's never too late, never too lateDon't walk awayis anybody out there, does anybody really care

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Endless Blue (Why)Tonight I walk down to the waterto touch bright stars up in the skythis cool blue she's my trusting friendand sometimes, I wonder whywhat secrets will I findreflecting in these mounds of endless bluesome sign to tell me whythis heart continues beating inside

Wind blows to night, night flows into daythis life will always be a way that we must tryuntil all of us find our own happy endingswhyLife is born of the same watertasted and blood sweat and tears everydayblind lead the blind through this world of disorderstill I cry to find a way

Holding OnI know I know I know we were so in lovehow many times do I have to try to tell youI am sorry for the stupid things I've doneyes, how can I win?every time I try to get inside your headyou always turn away and runI guess you're right some things are better left unsaidmaybe you're right I'd be better off deadcause I can't give up I can't give inI can't let go of the only good thing that I ever had

We've been through fire, we've been through rainseen sunny days, will they ever come again?

tell me why it hurts so much insideI'm the lonely onetell me why you're never satisfiedwhy am I the only oneholding on, holding on

Maybe I am crazy maybe I am blindmaybe I am lazy yes, sometimes I have been unkindis that any reason to believethe grass is any greener on the other sideyou think you'll find a better love than mine you won'tyou think you know just what you wantit's obvious to me you don't

We can close this book, we can turn the pagewe can move our life to another stagecan we hold inside our heartsall the love we never gave

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Kate Havnevik(all from Melankton)

Unlike MeAll I know isThat I'm here;Don't know for how long.I love the wayYou live so intenselyEnjoy every minute of lifeWith space to swingYour arms aroundLaughing loudly

There is no time,There is no time,There is no time,Time doesn't really exist.

The past, the present,And the future,Are all side by side,Hand in hand.You move and change,Yet you go nowhere:Everything stays the same.You stare at meAnd ask me questions --Makes me nervousThis room it keeps a constant toneWhile I'm on a roller coaster

I'm not much into Enya, I guess I like things to have a bit of an edge, a little electronica? Enya's stuff is too... sweet for me. I don't dislike it but I don't like it either. ;-) I'll have to check out Pure Moods, thanks!